1980–81 Southern Miss Golden Eagles basketball team

The 1980–81 Southern Miss Golden Eagles basketball team represented University of Southern Mississippi in the 1980–81 college basketball season.

1980–81 Southern Miss Golden Eagles men's basketball
NIT, First Round
Conference	Independent
Record	20–7
Head coach	M. K. Turk (5th season)
Home arena	Reed Green Coliseum

1980–81 NCAA Division I men's basketball independents standings

	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 1 DePaul		–			–			27	–	2		.931
No. 7 Notre Dame		–			–			23	–	6		.793
Southern Miss		–			–			20	–	7		.741
James Madison		–			–			21	–	9		.700
Fordham		–			–			19	–	9		.679
Cleveland State		–			–			18	–	9		.667
Stetson		–			–			18	–	9		.667
Saint Peter's		–			–			17	–	9		.654
Tennessee State		–			–			17	–	9		.654
Marquette		–			–			20	–	11		.645
Old Dominion		–			–			18	–	10		.643
Penn State		–			–			17	–	10		.630
St. Francis (Pa.)		–			–			17	–	10		.630
Siena		–			–			17	–	10		.630
South Carolina		–			–			17	–	10		.630
Dayton		–			–			18	–	11		.621
Long Island		–			–			18	–	11		.621
Texas–Pan American		–			–			18	–	11		.621
Illinois State		–			–			16	–	11		.593
Wagner		–			–			16	–	11		.593
UNLV		–			–			16	–	12		.571
William & Mary		–			–			16	–	12		.571
North Texas State		–			–			15	–	12		.556
Southeastern Louisiana		–			–			14	–	13		.519
Iona		–			–			15	–	14		.517
Richmond		–			–			15	–	14		.517
Fairfield		–			–			13	–	13		.500
UNC Wilmington		–			–			13	–	13		.500
New Orleans		–			–			13	–	14		.481
Towson State		–			–			13	–	14		.481
East Carolina		–			–			12	–	14		.462
Fairleigh Dickinson		–			–			12	–	14		.462
Valparaiso		–			–			12	–	15		.444
Campbell		–			–			11	–	16		.407
George Mason		–			–			10	–	16		.385
St. Francis (N.Y.)		–			–			10	–	16		.385
Navy		–			–			9	–	16		.360
Robert Morris		–			–			9	–	18		.333
Baptist		–			–			8	–	19		.296
Northern Iowa		–			–			8	–	19		.296
Army		–			–			7	–	19		.269
Portland State		–			–			7	–	20		.259
Manhattan		–			–			6	–	20		.231
Nicholls State		–			–			6	–	22		.214
Baltimore		–			–			5	–	21		.192
Catholic		–			–			4	–	20		.167
Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

1980–81 Southern Miss Golden Eagles men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown G 11 Larry Boyd 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So Columbus, Georgia C 44 Paul Crowley 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Bardwell, Kentucky F 50 Joe Dawson 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 221 lb (100 kg) Jr Tuscaloosa, Alabama G 24 Edgar Eason 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Tuscaloosa, Alabama F 45 Mike Funderburk 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Hattiesburg, Mississippi G 10 Curtis Green 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Fr Memphis, Tennessee F 41 Eddie Jiles 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr Ozark, Alabama C 33 Ronald Jackson 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Sr Selma, Alabama G 25 George Johnson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Sr Joliet, Illinois G 22 Deora Marsh 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Ashtabula, Ohio G 5 Donald Stinchcomb 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Sr College Park, Georgia	Head coach M. K. Turk Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
December 1		Louisiana-Lafayette	W 72–67	1–0	Reed Green Coliseum  Hattiesburg, Mississippi
December 3		Eastern Kentucky	W 82–74	2–0	Reed Green Coliseum  Hattiesburg, Mississippi
December 6		at Memphis State	L 65–70	2–1	Mid-South Coliseum  Memphis, Tennessee
December 9		Oklahoma	W 74–66	3–1	Reed Green Coliseum  Hattiesburg, Mississippi
December 15		vs. Mississippi State	W 68–53	4–1	Jackson, Mississippi
December 22		vs. Arkansas	L 68–76	4–2	Pine Bluff, Arkansas
December 27		Indiana State-Evansville	W 75–72	5–2	Reed Green Coliseum  Hattiesburg, Mississippi
December 29		vs. Wagner	W 73–67	6–2	BJCC Coliseum  Birmingham, Alabama
December 30		at UAB	L 55–60 OT	6–3	BJCC Coliseum  Birmingham, Alabama
January 3		Indiana-SE	W 68–64	7–3	Reed Green Coliseum  Hattiesburg, Mississippi
January 7		at Marquette	W 84–72	8–3	MECCA Arena  Milwaukee, Wisconsin
January 10		Biscayne	W 81–69	9–3	Reed Green Coliseum  Hattiesburg, Mississippi
January 12		Louisiana Tech	W 62–57	10–3	Reed Green Coliseum  Hattiesburg, Mississippi
January 15		at Louisiana-Lafayette	W 79–74	11–3	Blackham Coliseum  Lafayette, Louisiana
January 22		at Northwestern State	L 65–67	11–4	Prather Coliseum  Natchitoches, Louisiana
January 24		at North Texas	W 72–66 OT	12–4	UNT Coliseum  Denton, Texas
January 29		Texas-Pan American	W 81–68	13–4	Reed Green Coliseum  Hattiesburg, Mississippi
February 2		at Eastern Kentucky	W 78–71	14–4	Alumni Coliseum  Richmond, Kentucky
February 4		at Texas-Pan American	W 68–67	15–4	UTRGV Fieldhouse  Edinburg, Texas
February 7		Tulane	W 71–61	16–4	Reed Green Coliseum  Hattiesburg, Mississippi
February 9		New Orleans	L 79–82 OT	16–5	Reed Green Coliseum  Hattiesburg, Mississippi
February 11		Memphis State	W 90–66	17–5	Reed Green Coliseum  Hattiesburg, Mississippi
February 14		North Texas	W 87–71	18–5	Reed Green Coliseum  Hattiesburg, Mississippi
February 17		Northwestern State	W 81–71	19–5	Reed Green Coliseum  Hattiesburg, Mississippi
February 20		at New Orleans	W 83–70	20–5	Human Performance Center  New Orleans, Louisiana
March 2		at Tulane	L 80–84	20–6	Devlin Fieldhouse  New Orleans, Louisiana
NIT tournament
March 12		Holy Cross First round	L 54–56	20–7	Reed Green Coliseum  Hattiesburg, Mississippi
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.